Background
Morison, Samuel Eliot was born on July 9, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Holmes and Emily Marshall (Eliot) Morison.
Morison, Samuel Eliot was born on July 9, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Holmes and Emily Marshall (Eliot) Morison.
Educated Noble’s School, Boston, Saint Paul’s School, Concord. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912, Doctor of Letters, 1936. Master of Arts, Oxford (England) U, 1922.
Student Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1908-1909.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Trinity College, 1935, Amherst College, 1936. Williams College, 1950, Bucknell University, 1960.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Union College, 1939, U. Maine, 1968. Boston College, 1960.
Doctor of Letters, Yale, 1949, University of Oxford, 1951, Notre Dame, 1954, Holy Cross, 1962.
August 1945); children—Elizabeth Gray (Mistress Edward Spingarn), Emily Marshall (Mistress H. Brooks Beck), Peter Greene (deceased), Catharine (Mistress Cooper). Married second, Priscilla Barton, December 29, 1949 (deceased February 1973). Instructor history University of California, 1914.
Instructor, lecturer, professor of history Harvard, 1915-1955.
Harold V. Harmsworth professor American history University of Oxford, 1922-1925.
Served as private, infantry, United States Army, 1918-1919. Fellow Society Antiquaries, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, British Academy. Member American Antiquarian Society (past president), Colonial Society Massachusetts, Massachusetts History Society, Society Cincinnati, Charitable Irish Society, Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid), American Academy Arts and Letters.
Clubs: Saint Botolph, Cruising.
Married Elizabeth South. Greene, May 28, 1910 (deceased. Married second, Priscilla Barton, December 29, 1949 (deceased. Children: Elizabeth Gray (Mistress Edward Spingarn), Emily Marshall (Mistress H. Brooks Beck), Peter Greene (deceased), Catharine (Mistress Cooper).